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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 7, 2026Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2026, 2:33 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2026, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	63 min
Aug 7, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	53 min
Aug 7, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	61 min
Aug 7, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll, Leflore, Montgomery	57 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	43 min
Aug 7, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	51 min
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	44 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	47 min
Aug 7, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	50 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.